MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) There is clear and telling frustration in Bill Snyder's voice as the 76-year-old coach steps back from his wooden podium, hours after Kansas State lost its fifth straight game.
A reporter had just suggested the Wildcats are entering the easy part of their schedule.
''We've lost five ball games in a row,'' Snyder replied. ''What do you mean, `Easy part of our schedule'? We don't have an easy part of our schedule. There isn't any. We haven't proven that we can win in the conference. There isn't anybody easy.''
In a month that is already shaping up as an elimination tournament in the Big 12 title race - not to mention matchups with College Football Playoff implications - Kansas State (3-5, 0-5) is the anomaly with four games left in its season.